The American West - Couverture rigide

Schweikart, Larry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0471401382 ISBN 13 : 9780471401384

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2002

Synopsis

An engaging guide to the history and culture of Western America Part of the "Wiley Desk Reference" series, "The American West" provides a comprehensive reference to US history and culture west of the Mississippi River, from pre-Columbian times to the present day. In addition to vivid narrative entries on fascinating subjects like Coronado, the Hudson Bay Company, the Colt Peacemaker, Barry Goldwater, and Microsoft, it includes approximately 100 eyewitness accounts of Western life set off in boxed sidebars. Culled from diaries, letters, and newspapers, the first-person accounts trace the story of the West in the words of its participants. "The American West" fills the need for an authoritative, one-volume popular reference on the American West.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

LARRY SCHWEIKART is a professor of history at the University of Dayton, Ohio. He is the author of several books on Western history and finance. Schweikart has also contributed articles and essays to numerous books and magazines. BRADLEY J. BIRZER is a professor of history at Hillsdale College, Michigan, where he teaches courses on the American West, Native Americans, and Jacksonian America. He is the former editor of Montana: The Magazine of Western History and Western Historical Quarterly.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471401382
• ISBN 13: 9780471401384
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 576
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• Personne responsable: non disponible